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Luytjes, Abraham

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1895, Den Helder, N.H., Holland.

career:

Was educated at Wageningen Agricultural College; from 1919-26 Forest Officer in D.E.I. Government service, stationed in Sumatra¹ at Oud-Agam (Tapanoeli) in 1919, at Koetaradja (Atjeh) in 1921, at Pangkalan Brandan in Oct. 1922, at Laboean Bilik in Jan. 1923 and at Pangkalan Brandan again in March 1923; in Febr. 1924 transferred to Central Java, Pekalongan-Kendal District and since October 1924 in the Head Office, Buitenzorg. Since 1926 employed in the Division of Agriculture of the Department of Economic Affairs, Batavia; since 1938 chief of that Division; in 1947 Sub-Director of the Department.

Collecting localities:

Sumatra West Coast: Agam (1921); Sumatra East Coast: Laboehan Batoe, Asahan and Langkat (1923); W. Borneo: Mont(e)rado (Oct. 1927).

collections:

Herb. Bog. [BO]: Nepenthes gracilis Korth. from Borneo. Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF] (see there): some tens of bb. nos from Sumatra; dupl. in Herb. Bog. [BO].

literature:

(1) A. Luytjes: ‘De vloedbosschen in Atjeh’ (Tectona 16, 1923, p. 575-591); ‘Een en ander over den begroeiingstoestand van N. Sumatra en over het voorkomen van den Pinus Merkusii in dit gebied’ (l.c. 17, 1924, p. 1-30, 6 fig., 1 map); typed report on Laboehan 1923 in For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg.

biographical data:

Wie is dat? 1935, p. 463.

	Career Collecting localities Collections Literature Biographical data
	Luytjes, Abraham
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1895, Den Helder, N.H., Holland.
	career: Was educated at Wageningen Agricultural College; from 1919-26 Forest Officer in D.E.I. Government service, stationed in Sumatra¹ at Oud-Agam (Tapanoeli) in 1919, at Koetaradja (Atjeh) in 1921, at Pangkalan Brandan in Oct. 1922, at Laboean Bilik in Jan. 1923 and at Pangkalan Brandan again in March 1923; in Febr. 1924 transferred to Central Java, Pekalongan-Kendal District and since October 1924 in the Head Office, Buitenzorg. Since 1926 employed in the Division of Agriculture of the Department of Economic Affairs, Batavia; since 1938 chief of that Division; in 1947 Sub-Director of the Department.
	Collecting localities: Sumatra West Coast: Agam (1921); Sumatra East Coast: Laboehan Batoe, Asahan and Langkat (1923); W. Borneo: Mont(e)rado (Oct. 1927).
	collections: Herb. Bog. [BO]: Nepenthes gracilis Korth. from Borneo. Herb. For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg [BZF] (see there): some tens of bb. nos from Sumatra; dupl. in Herb. Bog. [BO].
	literature: (1) A. Luytjes: ‘De vloedbosschen in Atjeh’ (Tectona 16, 1923, p. 575-591); ‘Een en ander over den begroeiingstoestand van N. Sumatra en over het voorkomen van den Pinus Merkusii in dit gebied’ (l.c. 17, 1924, p. 1-30, 6 fig., 1 map); typed report on Laboehan 1923 in For. Res. Inst. Buitenzorg.
	biographical data: Wie is dat? 1935, p. 463.